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a social institution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children. |
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social bond: common ancestry, marriage, or adoption. |
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composed of relatives in addition to parents and children who live together. |
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composed of one or two parents and their children. |
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a legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity, and child bearing |
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marriage between people of the same social category |
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marriage between people of different social categories |
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marriage that unites two partners |
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marriage that unites a person with two or more spouses |
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the system by which members of a society trace kinship over generations |
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a norm forbidding sexual relations or marriage between certain relatives |
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marriage between people with the same social characteristics |
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emotional, physical, or sexual abuse of one family member by another |
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the sharing of a household by an unmarried couple |
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Structural-Functional Analysis |
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1. Socialization 2. Regulation of sexual activity 3. Social placement 4. Material and emotional security |
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Social-Conflict and Feminist Analysis |
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1. Property and inheritance 2. Patriarchy 3. Race and ethnicity |
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Micro-Level Analysis: Social Exchange |
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courtship and marriage as negotiation |
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1. Individualism on the rise 2. Romantic love fades 3. Women are less dependent on men 4. Many of today's marriages are stressful 5. Divorce has become socially acceptable 6. Legally, a divorce is easier to get |
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usually due to remarriage, a combination of biological and unrelated family members |
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one-parent families, cohabitation, gay and lesbian couples, single-hood |
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